Background*

Dr. Gerhard Cromme served as the Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Automotive AG in Bochum and ThyssenKrupp AG from March 1999 to September 2001. From 1971 to 1986, Dr. Cromme worked for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, ultimately as Deputy Delegate General for the Federal Republic of Germany. He joined the Saint-Gobain Group in Germany in 1971 and Krupp Group in 1986. In 1986, he moved to the Krupp Group, where until 1989 he served as Chairman of the Executive ... Board of Krupp Stahl AG in Bochum before being appointed as Chairman of the Executive Board of Fried. He served as the Executive Chairman of VEGLA/Vereinigte Glaswerke GmbH in Aachen. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Management of Fried. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, Essen/Dortmund from 1989 to 1999. He serves as the Chairman of Supervisory Board at Siemens Aktiengesellschaft and Siemens A.E. He serves as the Chairman of Supervisory Board at Siemens Metering, Communications and Services (formerly Siemens Metering Services Ltd.) and Siemens AG. He serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board at The Siemens Automation and Drives Group; Siemens Oil & Gas Consulting and Siemens Real Estate GmbH & Co. OHG. He has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at ThyssenKrupp Services AG since 2001. He served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at ThyssenKrupp AG from October 1, 2001 to March 31, 2013. He served as the Chairman of Supervisory Board at Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Siemens AG) of Siemens Healthcare from April 24, 2007 to June 2010. He serves as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Alfried Krupp Von Bohlen Und Halbach Stiftung. Dr. Cromme served as Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board at Allianz SE (formerly, Allianz Aktiengesellschaft) until August 14, 2012. Dr. Cromme has been the Member of Supervisory Board at Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Siemens AG) since January 23, 2003. Dr. Cromme serves as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Fortum Espoo Oyj (formerly, Eon Finland Oyj). He has been a Member of Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp Services AG since 2001. He has been a Director of BNP Paribas Hungaria Bank Rt. since May 18, 2005. He served as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Axel Springer AG (formerly, Axel Springer Verlag AG) since April 14, 2004. He served as an Independent Director at Compagnie de Saint-Gobain Ltd., since June 14, 2005 until June 2013. He served as a Member of the Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp AG. since 2001 until March 31, 2013. He served as a Member of International Advisory Board of Council on Foreign Relations Inc. He served as a Director of GDF SUEZ S.A. since June 14, 1995. He served as a Member of Supervisory Board of Hochtief AG. Dr. Cromme served as a Member of the Supervisory Board of E.ON Ruhrgas AG (formerly, Ruhrgas AG) until August 31, 2005, ABB AG, Allianz Versicherungs-AG (Germany) and a Director of Thales (France). Dr. Cromme served as a Member of Economic Advisory Board of RWE AG, until August 31, 2006. He served as a Director of BNP Paribas from March 21, 2003 to July 1, 2007. He served as a Member of Supervisory Board of E.ON SE (also known as E.On AG) since 1993 and E.ON Energie AG until June 30, 2007. He served as a Member of Supervisory Board of Allianz SE from 2001 to August 14, 2012. He served as a Member of Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG from June 19, 1997 to May 3, 2006 and Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) until June 30, 2007. Dr. Cromme serves as the Chairman of the German Corporate Governance Code Commission, Chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin. He was also appointed a member of the European Corporate Governance Forum by the European Commission on October 15, 2004. His Educational details includes: Studied law and economics from 1962 to 1971 at the Universities of Münster, Lausanne and Paris and Passed first and second "Staatsexamen" (state examination for lawyers) and Awarded Doctorate in Law. He has a PMD from Harvard Business School.

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